Jiang Ye nodded, quickly switching his state. "I heard you're involved in some very large businesses?"
"Small ventures," Huan Yunhe nodded.
Jiang Ye was momentarily speechless.
Selling planets was a small venture?
Then what could be considered a large business?
"Does Mr. Jiang wish to patronize my business?" Huan Yunhe asked.
"I'm a poor customer, I wonder if I can hitch a ride on your luxury train?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Isabelle actually recommended you to me," Huan Yunhe nodded. "I've also learned a bit about your situation, Jiang Ye Star, Bi Rong Star, Exile Star, Meteorite Star, correct?"
"That's right," Jiang Ye nodded.
"Let me explain my business system to you," Huan Yunhe said. "I'm actually just an intermediary. The real business is done by the Galactic Empire. The Galactic Empire doesn't levy taxes on many planets, but such a super-large cosmic power needs a continuous supply of financial resources to maintain itself, much like an elephant needs several large baskets of fruit and two bathtubs of water every day."
Jiang Ye nodded, he understood all of this.
"Selling planets serves two purposes," Huan Yunhe said. "First, to place suitable planets into the hands of suitable people, ensuring that resources are utilized to their fullest and talents are employed to their best. Second, to provide the Galactic Empire with substantial tax revenue in a disguised form."
"So I need to have the qualifications, money, and some luck," Jiang Ye understood.
"It's no wonder intelligent people like Mr. Jiang have acquired so many planets," Huan Yunhe smiled. "Planets are actually like finding a wife. Money is the betrothal gift, qualifications are personal charm, and then both parties weigh each other, and if they feel suitable, they get married. What are Mr. Jiang's requirements for a wife?"
"I visited Supremacy Star a while ago," Jiang Ye said. "I was very impressed and wanted a similar planet, one that could attract the wealthy from all over the universe to reside, turning the entire planet into a massive club for the rich."
Huan Yunhe paused, his expression surprised.
It was as if he had never heard of such a request.
"Do you know why Supremacy Star can exist?" Huan Yunhe asked.
"The support of the Galactic Empire?"
"That's the biggest theoretical reason, not a technical one," Huan Yunhe said. "Ordinary planets have limited resources and require balanced development across all industries, inevitably leading to different tiers. Supremacy Star, however, is a flat planet where everyone is on the same level. Industries may or may not exist, and such a planet cannot survive on its own."
"I understand what you mean. The planetary governors and marshals of Supremacy Star can live leisurely because many planets supply Supremacy Star, ensuring its resources are abundant," Jiang Ye said.
"Exactly," Huan Yunhe said. "The most crucial thing is that this transfusion must be continuous and guaranteed not to stop, otherwise the planet receiving the transfusion will instantly collapse. If Mr. Jiang wishes to establish a planet for the rich, he must possess enough other planets to supply it."
Jiang Ye fell silent.
Did Huan Yunhe mean his strength wasn't enough?
"In fact, before you, there were already some people who created wealthy planets," Huan Yunhe said.
"Oh?" Jiang Ye was startled. "Do you know of any specific examples?"
"Not only do I know, but I've handled several of them," Huan Yunhe said. "So if you also want to create a wealthy planet, I can help you vet it."
"That would be an immense honor," Jiang Ye became excited.
"Firstly, although you have many planets now, they cannot directly supply a wealthy planet," Huan Yunhe said. "They must be within a star system, or in adjacent, not too distant star systems, with several planets capable of providing stable and abundant material output, and possess a complete industrial chain, before they can support a high-end wealthy planet in the center."
"A star system..." Jiang Ye's expression became troubled.
A star system had many habitable planets.
And then they all had to be developed.
Just hearing it made the condition sound incredibly harsh.
"Do you think such an opportunity is very difficult, that there are few star systems that meet the criteria, and even if there are, it's hard to get your turn?" Huan Yunhe seemed to have read Jiang Ye's mind.
"That's right, I'm already having second thoughts," Jiang Ye admitted.
"It's actually simpler than you imagine," Huan Yunhe said. "Artificial star systems."
Jiang Ye's eyes widened.
Artificial star systems!
Just hearing these four words made it sound like an ultra-high-end product that one couldn't afford even by selling everything they owned!
Jiang Ye felt like a moonlighting office worker hearing someone trying to sell them a Lamborghini.
"Firstly, a young or mature star, for example, a small star with a lifespan of three to five billion years, continuously emitting light and heat, with rays that are not too violent, and an ordinary atmosphere sufficient to resist them. It must also have a stable temperament, not prone to sudden severe stellar mutations," Huan Yunhe said. "Most importantly, the gravity membrane needs to be pressed down to form a deep pit, allowing celestial bodies of different masses to remain around it, rotating in circles."
"To be honest," Jiang Ye's smile was awkward. "I usually feel incredibly rich, but when you describe it like this, I feel like I can't afford such a thing."
"It's actually very cheap."
"I guess it won't be that cheap."
"Of course, it won't be found in a vending machine," Huan Yunhe chuckled. "But according to my research, with your financial resources, you could still afford a suitable star if you grit your teeth."
Jiang Ye fell silent, quietly waiting for him to name a price.
However, Huan Yunhe didn't name a price. Instead, he posed a question.
"Do you know the mass of the Sun?" Huan Yunhe said. "That old sun that once shone on your face, and on mine, nurtured human civilization, and occasionally destroyed it."
"I have some impression," Jiang Ye thought for a moment. "Over 300,000 times that of Earth."
"Very good," Huan Yunhe said. "Have you heard of Cygnus NML?"
"A star?" Jiang Ye asked.
"That's right," Huan Yunhe smiled. "The radius of Cygnus NML is 1650 times that of the Sun."
Jiang Ye's heart trembled slightly. This was already a concept beyond his imagination, like a plankton trying to imagine the Yangtze River; the sheer scale rendered his mind blank.
"However, Cygnus NML is just a small thing among all stars," Huan Yunhe said. "In the Tarantula Nebula of the Large Magellanic Cloud, renamed the Octopus Nebula in the Xu Fu system after the war, there is a star called R136a1. This star is twenty-seven thousand times larger than the Sun."
"Compared to it, Cygnus NML is like a person standing at the foot of a building," Jiang Ye said.
"Exactly. And there are some stars in the universe that are even tens of thousands of times larger than R136a1. It's already difficult for us to conceive of this concept in our minds," Huan Yunhe nodded. "The Galactic Empire's usual practice with such super-large stars is to dismember them."
Jiang Ye was startled. He suddenly understood something.
"There are many reasons for dismemberment, and two are most relevant to us," Huan Yunhe said. "First, if a star is too large, it becomes dangerous. The first type of danger is widespread destruction caused by its mutation and death. The second danger is the generation of stellar life. Some stars, if they live too long, can develop sentience and can awaken other stars in the universe through their rays, which is very dangerous."
Jiang Ye nodded. He had heard of such things.